Marine Weather Radar Data Aggregation System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Marine vessels face limited range and sparse coverage of weather radar and sea state sensor data, relying heavily on onboard systems with restricted range and low-bandwidth communication, which hinders accurate and comprehensive environmental condition monitoring.
Innovation Solution
A centralized marine environmental condition data aggregating system that collects and aggregates data from various sea-based, ground-based, airborne, and space-based nodes, using broadband telecommunication satellites to provide wide-ranging and detailed marine environmental condition information to ships and other subscribers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If onboard weather radar and sea state sensors are used, then vessels can obtain local environmental data, but the coverage range and data comprehensiveness are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines data from multiple sources including onboard sensors, other vessels' sensors, ground-based radar, and satellite sensors into a single aggregated data set. This merging approach expands the coverage area without requiring each individual vessel to deploy complex additional equipment, as the system centrally aggregates and distributes the combined data set.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a universal data aggregation platform that serves multiple functions: collecting data from various sources, processing and coordinating the data by geographic and time references, storing it in a data store, and distributing it to multiple subscribers including vessels, offshore platforms, and weather services. This multi-functional system resolves the contradiction by providing extensive coverage through a centralized infrastructure rather than requiring each vessel to be self-sufficient.
2Loss of information
If multiple data sources are aggregated, then data comprehensiveness improves, but data coordination and processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a centralized data aggregation system as an intermediary between multiple data sources and end users. This intermediary receives data from various sources, coordinates it by geographic and time references, and distributes the aggregated data set to subscribers. The intermediary handles the processing complexity centrally, allowing individual vessels to receive comprehensive data without each vessel dealing with the complexity of multi-source data integration.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transforms raw data from multiple sources into a standardized aggregated data set with uniform geographic and time references. By changing the parameter representation of the data into a common coordinate system and time format, the system enables comprehensive information aggregation while managing processing complexity through standardized data transformation routines.
3Speed
If broadband satellite communication is used, then data transmission speed and quality improve, but communication cost and energy consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines communication resources by having multiple vessels transmit their sensor data to a centralized aggregation system via satellite, and then receive the aggregated data set from the same satellite link. This merging of uplink and downlink communication needs allows efficient use of broadband satellite resources, achieving high-speed data transmission while distributing the energy consumption across multiple users rather than requiring each vessel to maintain dedicated high-bandwidth connections.
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AI summary
This disclosure is directed to techniques for aggregating marine weather radar data and sea state sensor data from ships or other sea-based data collecting nodes, potentially also with non-sea-based data collecting nodes. In one example, a system is configured to receive, via a remote coverage broadband datalink system, one or more sets of marine environmental condition data from one or more sea-based data collecting nodes. The system is further configured to aggregate the one or more sets of marine environmental condition data from the one or more sea-based data collecting nodes into one or more aggregated sets of marine environmental condition data. The system is further configured to output at least one of the aggregated sets of marine environmental condition data to one or more recipient systems.